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Bug 532255 - file-roller silently allows the user to exit in the middle of an operation
file-roller silently allows the user to exit in the middle of an operation
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
file-roller-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-05-08 22:03 UTC by Pedro Fragoso
Modified: 2008-06-02 17:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22



Description Pedro Fragoso 2008-05-08 22:03:23 UTC
This bug was report on https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/228337

his bug is present in Hardy but it has been around for a long time. In file-roller, clicking the exit button at the top-right does not give you any warning if exiting would cancel an in-progress operation. For example, if you click exit while in the middle of extracting an archive, then it silently exits and leaves you with corrupt output sitting on disk. Similarly when creating an archive. This is a problem for small archives that the user expects to finish extracting immediately, because the user will probably click the exit button right away, which will give them corrupt data if the computer happens to be a little slow that time.

Ideally, clicking exit should block waiting for the current operation to complete, potentially timing out and displaying a prompt if that's taking too long.
Comment 1 Paolo Bacchilega 2008-06-02 17:50:41 UTC
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.